Three Syrian soldiers were killed on Thursday morning in an Israeli air strike near the capital Damascus, Syria’s state media said.
The alleged strike came hours after Israel apaprently dropped leaflets on Syrian army positions warning that they could be targeted for collaborating with Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah.
“The Israeli enemy carried out an air assault with several missiles,” state media SANA reported, adding three soldiers were killed.
There was also unspecified material damage, it said.
It claimed Syrian air defense intercepted most of the missiles in the attack, which occurred about 1:10 a.m.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has an extensive network of sources in across the country, reported that explosions were heard in Damascus and its suburbs “after the interception of Israeli missiles by the Syrian regime’s anti-aircraft defense.”
Video published by SANA purported to show a missile being shot down.
Early Wednesday morning, Israel allegedly fired surface-to-surface missiles at an observation post and “finance building” near the border town of Quneitra on the Syrian Golan Heights.
Israel later dropped leaflets on the area warning Syrian soldiers that they could be targeted for working with Hezbollah.
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